1 files changed, 59 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Area.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Area.java
index b0916abda..51c95f0ca 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Area.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/area/Area.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 1999-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * Copyright 1999-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ package org.apache.fop.area;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.fop.datatypes.ColorType;
 import org.apache.fop.traits.BorderProps;
+import org.apache.fop.util.QName;
 
 // If the area appears more than once in the output
 // or if the area has external data it is cached
@@ -129,8 +131,11 @@ public class Area implements Serializable {
     /**
      * Traits for this area stored in a HashMap
      */
-    protected HashMap props = null;
+    protected Map props = null;
 
+    /** Foreign attributes */
+    protected Map foreignAttributes = null;
+    
     /**
      * logging instance
      */
@@ -462,6 +467,57 @@ public class Area implements Serializable {
         }
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Sets a foreign attribute.
+     * @param name the qualified name of the attribute
+     * @param value the attribute value
+     */
+    public void setForeignAttribute(QName name, String value) {
+        if (this.foreignAttributes == null) {
+            this.foreignAttributes = new java.util.HashMap();
+        }
+        this.foreignAttributes.put(name, value);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Set foreign attributes from a Map.
+     * @param atts a Map with attributes (keys: QName, values: String)
+     */
+    public void setForeignAttributes(Map atts) {
+        if (atts.size() == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        Iterator iter = atts.keySet().iterator();
+        while (iter.hasNext()) {
+            QName qName = (QName)iter.next();
+            String value = (String)atts.get(qName);
+            //The casting is only to ensure type safety (too bad we can't use generics, yet) 
+            setForeignAttribute(qName, value);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of a foreign attribute on the area.
+     * @param name the qualified name of the attribute
+     * @return the attribute value or null if it isn't set
+     */
+    public String getForeignAttributeValue(QName name) {
+        if (this.foreignAttributes != null) {
+            return (String)this.foreignAttributes.get(name);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /** @return the foreign attributes associated with this area */
+    public Map getForeignAttributes() {
+        if (this.foreignAttributes != null) {
+            return Collections.unmodifiableMap(this.foreignAttributes);
+        } else {
+            return Collections.EMPTY_MAP;
+        }
+    }
+    
     /** @see java.lang.Object#toString() */
     public String toString() {
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(super.toString());